THELō Home & Modern Wellness

03/24/2025

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10/01/2022

We believe that to live well without obesity, pain, and disease, we must discover the root causes of our suffering. The OligoScan is a powerful, non-invasive tool that reveals a story of what is going on in the body (heavy metal toxicity, and vitamin and mineral deficiencies). Get back in touch with your body for sustainable healing and live the life intended for you!
Thank you, Kathy R., for sharing this podcast that explains the process.

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05/01/2022

This week’s picks!

MENTAL INDULGENCE: Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure Exhibit Last week I visited the Basquiat exhibit at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in West Chelsea, New York. The dark, moody gallery with a familiar soundtrack playing in the distance had me wondering if I was walking onto the set of This is Your...

03/26/2022

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(Correction: Amy's cheese enchiladas, not Annie's)

IMENTAL INDULGENCE: Debrah Turbeville's Casa No Name This book was my wedding invitation to family nine years ago to gather in Santa Fe. We bookmarked how we see marriage ( This page: Partnership. No Fear). I hadn't seen the book since it was mailed out–again, on my bookshelf. Note to self, visit ...

03/10/2022

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MENTAL INDULGENCE: Photography of Ricky Powell Powell's work brings me back to my early days in Greenwich Village. A dynamic, cell-phone-social-media-free period of innocence pre-911.

02/25/2022

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MENTAL INDULGENCE: Louise Nevelson's Floating Cloud 1977 Poetry by Patty Arbour, Rescue Season

02/18/2022

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MENTAL INDULGENCE: JB Glossinger's 7 Days to Find Your Purpose Remembering how much joy a few of these exercises brought me a while back I thought I'd revisit. Spoiler alert, spending time remembering childhood play is required. I knew the Bionic Woman would have significance in my life!

02/10/2022

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MENTAL INDULGENCE: Philip-Lorca diCorcia Photography Alex Banayan's Find Your Purpose 30 Day Challenge I pulled diCorcia's book from a shelf in my living room and thought how long it had been since I had engaged with things that bring me simple pleasure. Good timing. I recently committed to Banayan'...

02/03/2022

MENTAL INDULGENCE: My grandfather, J.A., and me. Roswell, New Mexico. 1972 My son, Julian (30yo) is deeply rooted in our heritage. He shared this photo with me. Engaging with who you are and where you come from is the most generous self-care ritual.

01/31/2022

Secrets of a Health & Lifestyle Coach

The other day I was coaching a virtual audience. I've done this many times and have mastered screen-mirroring handouts to a large T.V. behind me. Midway through a groundbreaking lesson, Days of Our Lives came on (concert level sound), hijacking an Effects of Chronic Stress and Inflammation illustration. I pressed every button within reach, trying to hide a shirtless Eli Grant–I googled. The screen finally went black. I turned back to my audience, smiled, waited for the video delay to catch up then blamed the incident on an evil spirit. Eli appeared two more times before the end of my session.

Yesterday I was a part of a Zoom lunch for women in business. I had offered to share some wellness tips, something I have done many times. With seconds to spare, my notes wouldn't print, I couldn't find the Zoom link, and a glance in the mirror revealed the shiny, gold, under-eye patches I had forgotten. Finally, mentally disheveled and unprepared, I joined the group of highly accomplished women, thinking I'd read my notes from another computer nearby. Unsuccessful–surprise–my mouth shriveled, causing my tongue to clack in Morse code. One painful letter at a time. I'd never work in this town again.

I'm sure suggesting I quit my day job crossed a few minds. Karaoke, Mikala? Unicycling? Especially after pridefully volunteering my expertise with, "I'll share wellness tips, but it won't be the same ol' same ol'!" Well, no kidding! Oh, and I'll be asking us to consider Days of Our Lives as the metaphor for the twenty-first-century woman's struggle for self-care. Anyone?

I'm not quitting my day job.

01/04/2022

My wellness rock bottom.

The place where you joyously and defiantly become yourself. Borrowed and reworded from George Saunders' A Swim in the Pond in the Rain

07/03/2021

Thank you Cara McCaffrey for sharing your friend, Lynn Cunningham's documentary Medicating Normal. Highly recommend.

Learn of the various ways to watch Medicating Normal, including screenings, festivals, & in the comfort of your home. Looking for folks to host screenings!